Egg-boiling device



No. 623,200. Patented Apr. 18, I899.

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EGG BOILING DEVICE.

(Application filed Aug. 30, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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NATHAN O. BOND, OF HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS.

EGG-BOILING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,200, dated April18, 1899.

Application filed Afi t 30, 1898.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NATHAN O. BOND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hyannis, in the county of Barnstable and State ofMassachusetts,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inEgg-Boilin g Devices; and I do declare thefollowin g to be a full,clear,andeXact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficient devicefor boiling eggs which will automatically remove the eggs from the waterat a predetermined time, thus preventing overcooking.

The invention consists in providing such a device with an automatic timemechanism by means of which the eggs are removed from the water after aninterval regulated by the distance of travel of said mechanism and inthe arrangement and construction and combination of parts with this endin view, as will be more fully described in the following specification,reference being had therewith to the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is an elevation, partly in section, of my improved egg-boiler.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; Fig. 3, a detailof the timemechanism; and Fig. l, a section on line 00 w of Fig. 3, looking in thedirection indicated by the arrows in that figure.

Referring to the drawings, A is an upright tube provided at its lowerend with legs aa a, by means of which it may be supported upon the edgesof a pan or boiler B. Within the tube A is fitted a plunger 0, to thelower end of which is secured a pan D, provided with perforations cl din its bottom to permit the ingress and egress of water. The pan D andplunger O are normally held in an elevated position with relation to theboiler B by means of a spring E, attached at one end to the plunger andat its opposite end to the upper end of the tube A. A rod F is fitted toslide in a cap I) at the upper end of the tube A and rest upon theplunger 0, and a spring-catch c is secured to the lower end of the tubeA and projects through an opening 0 in the Serial No. 689,891. (Nomodel.)

side of the tube in such manner as to hold the plunger when it isdepressed by pushing down upon the rod F.

Mounted upon the tube A in such manner as to slide thereon is a casingG, within which is mounted a clock-train H, the first gear K of thisclock-train being adapted to mesh with a rack L on the outer side of thetube A and extending from the top of the same to a point about midway ofits length. The casing G is formed of two parts 9 g, hinged to eachother at their upper ends, as shown at 9 and held normally against eachother by a spring g acting upon lugs g g, mounted on each part of thecasing. The part g of the casing carries a small roller 9 mounted insuch manner as to contact with the tube A at a point opposite the gear Kand hold the same against the rack L.

The two parts of the casing are provided at their ends with thumb-piecesg g, by means of which the train may be released from the rack and thecasing moved freely up and down upon the tube A.

The action of the device is as follows: The eggs are placed in the panD, and the pan pushed down by lneans'of the rod F until it rests withinthe boiler B, in which position it is retained by the catch 0. Thecasing G, which forms as'a whole a weight to be dropped upon the catchto release the same, is raised any desired distance upon the tube A, andwhen released travels downward upon the same until the gear K reachesthe end of the rack L, when it drops upon the catch 0 and releases it.The spring E within the tube A will then raise the plunger and pan D andremove the same from the boiler B.

It is obvious that the position of the clock: train upon the rack L willdetermine the time during which the pan and its contents will remain inthe boiler.

The tube has' formed upon the outside a scale of minutes and fractions,by means of which the time required for the descent of the casing andrelease of the catch may be determined.

It will be noted that there are few perforations in the bottom of thepan D. This construction is adopted in order that the weight of watercontained in the pan may be utilized to prevent too rapid an ascent ofthe pan and the plunger, a catch for retaining the parts in a depressedposition, and a weight sliding upon the upright tube and controlled by atime mechanism substantially as described.

2. In an egg-boiling device, the combination of an upright tuberemovably sustained upon a suitable boiler, a plunger moving within saidtube, a pan sustained by said plunger, a spring by which the pan andplunger are sustained, a rod by which the pan and plunger may bedepressed, a catch by which the parts are held in such position,

and a weight sliding upon the upright tube and controlled by a timemechanism by which the catch may be released as shown.

3. In an egg-boiling device the combination of an upright tube removablysustained upon a suitable boiler, a plunger moving within said tube, aperforated pan sustained by said plunger, a spring by which the pan andplunger are sustained, a rod by which said parts may be depressed, acatch by which said parts are held in a depressed position, a casingmoving upon the vertical tube, a clocktrain mounted Within said casing,a rack carried by the vertical tube in position to mesh with the firstgear of the clock-train and means for holding the gear and rack in meshsubstantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NATHAN O. BOND.

Witnesses:

G. M. lRELAN, OswELL R. EVE.

